Infinitival Complement Clauses in English: A Study of Syntax in Discourse - Rilegato

Mair, Christian

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521370353 ISBN 13: 9780521370356

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

This study, the first in the series Studies in English Language, is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar, and takes as its specific focus the study of infinitival complement clauses. Much of the illustrative material is taken from the Survey of English Usage at University College London. The work draws on a large amount of data from spontaneous speech, and provides a close analysis of numerous examples in their authentic discourse context. It is based on the assumption that syntactic structures are closely connected with, and partly determined by, conventions of human discourse and the speaker's or writer's desire to express meaning efficiently. The ample documentation will appeal to those interested in the structure of modern British English. For those interested in syntactic theory and discourse, this is an empirical contribution to the debate on discourse-based approaches to functional syntax.

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Descrizione del libro

This study, the first in the series Studies in English Language, is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar, and takes as its specific focus the study of infinitival complement clauses. This book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students in the fields of English language and general linguistics.

Contenuti

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitival subject clauses and some semantically related types of infinitival complementation; 3. To-infinitival clauses as complements of transitive verbs; 4. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521370353
• ISBN 13: 9780521370356
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 271